Curtain-fixture



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W. G. HOWE. CURTAIN FIXTURE. No. 440,742. Patented Nov. 18, 1890.

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W O HOWE CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Patented Nov. 18, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIS C. HOWE, OF EVANSVILIIE, INDIANA.

CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,742, dated November 18, 1890 Application filed July 30, 1890. Serial No. 360,360. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIS O. HOWE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evans ville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures.

The object of the present invention is to simplify curtain-fixtures that slide from top to bottom and prevent the sliding brackets that carry the curtain from binding upon the guide-rods and from wabbling.

A further object of the invention is to en able the curtain to be hung sufficiently high to exclude light at the extreme top of a window, and to prevent the curtain-roller being rotated by the spring after the curtain has been Wound up, and to keep the curtain free from the casing and allow the parts to drop by their own weight.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windowprovided with a curtain-fix ture embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the curtain-fixture. Fig. 3 is a top View of the roller and the brackets. Fig. at is a detail perspective view of one of the sliding brackets. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the stationarybrackets at the lower ends of the guide-rods.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a window provided at the upper end of the sides of its frame with hangers 2, in which are journaled pulleys 3, and which are provided at their lower ends with perforations 4, adapted to be engaged by the upper ends 5 of guide rods 6, and the said hangers 2 are secured to the window-frame by screws, nails, or the like, which pass through perforated ears '7 The upper ends 5 of the guide-rods 6 are bent upon themselves to form hooks to engage the perforations 4c of the hangers, and the lower ends 7 of the rods are threaded and engage threaded perforations 8 of stationary brackets 9, which are arranged to support the lower ends of the guide-rods,

and are secured to the frame of the window by screws 10. The guide-rods extend a sufficient distance along the sides of the windowt'rame and have arranged upon them sliding brackets 11, which are adapted to receive the trunnions or journals 12 of the roller 13 of a window-curtain 14, and to be secured at any point along the guide-rods to adjust the curtain as desired.

The sliding bracket 11 is composed of a vertical plate 15, arranged parallel with the guide-rod 6 and provided at its lower end with a lug 16, having an opening 17 to receive the guide-rod, and the said vertical plate 15 is provided about intermediate of its ends with a rearward extension or horizontal plate 18, having adjacent to the plate 15 and im1nediately over and in the same vertical plane as the opening 16 an opening 10, which receives the guide-rod 5, and the rear end of the extension or plate 18 is provided wit-h a perforation 20, in which is secured the end of a cord 21, which passes over the pulley 3 of the hanger 2, arranged at the upper end of the guide'rod, and the perforation 20 is arranged immediately beneath the point where the cord leaves the pulley. By this construction the cord is arranged parallel with the guiderod and close thereto, and no pull upon the cord will cause the sliding bracket to bind upon the guide-rod.

The vertical plates 15 of the sliding brackets are provided at their upper ends with bearing-slots 22 to receive the headed journals or trnnnions 12 of the en rtain-roller and are enlarged around the slots, and the sliding bracket which receives the journal or trunnion that is connected with the spring that actuates the curtain has the walls 23 of its bearing-slot beveled or hollowed to receive the swell or enlargement 24: of the springjournal 12, thereby allowing the ends of the curtain-roller13 to fit squarely against the inner faces of the vertical plates 15 of the brackets, whereby the usual wabbling and unsteadiness of the ordinary construction of curtain-fixtures is eliminated, which is exceedingly advantageous and contributes materially to the commercial success of the device.

The rearward extension or plate 18 is provided with a horizontal arm 25, which extends inward and is arranged adjacent to the curtain-roller, and is adapted to engage the curtain-stick to prevent the curtain-stick becoming wedged between the roller and the facing of the window and allowing the curtain brackets and roller to slide down the rods by their own weight instead of being pulled down by the hand, in the usual manner.

The cord 21 passes over the pulleys of both hangers 2 and extends along the guide-rod at one side of the window-frame and through an opening 26 in one of the stationary brackets, and the cord 27 has one end attached to the cord 21 and passes over one of the pulleys and is secured to the rearward extension or plate of the sliding bracket of the adjacent guide-rod. The opening 26 is provided at its upper end with a V-shaped notch 28, adapted to be engaged by the cord 21 and capable of securely holding the latter and retaining the sliding brackets at any desired point on the guide-rods, and the said cord is held into engagement with the V-shaped notch or end of the opening by twisting or taking a turn upon an approximately T-shaped head 29, which is formed integral with the stationary bracket having the opening and extends outward in convenient position to have the cord wound upon it.

The plate 15 of the sliding bracket by being arranged vertical holds the curtain close to the window, and there is less danger of the sliding bracket binding upon the guide-rod, and when the sliding bracket is at the upper end of the guide-rod the plate projects above the rod and enables the curtain to be hung sutticiently high to exclude the light at the extreme top of the window.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.

What I claim is- 1. In a curtain-fixture, the combination, with a curtain-roller provided with the ordinary spring-journal having the usual swell or enlargement 24:, of the guide-rods and the sliding brackets mounted thereon and pro vided with bearing-slots hollowed out at the inner side of the bracket to receive the said swell or enlargement 24 of the spring-journal, whereby the end of the roller will be flush against the bracket to prevent wabblin g, substantially as described.

2. In a curtain-fixture, the guide-rods, the sliding brackets adapted to receive the ends of a curtain-roller and each provided with the horizontal arm arranged back of the roller and the curtain and below the roller, and adapted to be engaged by a curtain-stick when the curtain is wound up to its extreme point to keep the curtain-stick from becoming wedged between the roller and the casing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a curtain-fixture, the combination of the curtain-roller, the guide-rods, the rollers arranged at the upper ends of the guide-rods, the sliding brackets mounted on the guiderods and provided with bearing-slots to receive the curtain-roller, and having formed integral with them arms arranged back of the curtain-roller and below the same, said arms being provided with a perforation arranged directly beneath the peripheries, rollers at the upper end of the adjacent guide-rod, and the cord passing over the roller and secured in said perforation, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in. presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS G. HOWE. Witnesses:

J. H. SIGGERS, R. J. MARSHALL. 

